Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-09
INTERVIEWS.

IN ENNlGWS.
A. B. Sulham of Cabot says the Ran
dolph horse sired the Jennison colt and
he Old Morrill,. No man ever questioned
it here. The mother of Old Morrill, was
owned in Walden, vt. She was brok
en-legged mare, think. She was Nor
gan mare. She was great traveller, one
of the keenest mares in the country, of
fair size.
Mr.. harrington of Cabot, SO years old,
and president of the bank of Danvlle,
VT, says: The Randolph sired the stall
lion that sired the Morrill, Horse. know
it is so.
Mr.. Aaron Smith of Danville says: l
never knew of but one man that said the
Jennison Horse was not got by the Ran
dolph Horse. asked Mr.. Jennison, as
| owned four-year-old Morrill, colt. He
said: ~ coupled that mare with Ran
dolph and she never went to any other
horse" | think we never had better
class of horses among us than the Nor
gan. Mr.. Sway, who at one time owned
the Dana-Swazey Horse, moved from
Dover here. One story was that the
horse came in the mare and that they
could never give any pedigree. He was
a large black horse, one hind foot white,
a good up-and-up 1200-lb. horse; very
light name and tail, good head, neck and
limbs, large ear, and, think, near 16
IN a of H.
J could trot more than a COW. The Nor
rill Horse had good body and limbs
: otherwise mean horse with rat tail. The
; Jennison Colt looked like the Randolph
Horse. The Dana Horse went West be-
: fore the Hoyt Horse went. They had q
horse here called the Hunter, beautiful
figured horse, genteel stopper. perfect
peacock on parade. He was a white
horse, 16 hands, long-legged and long
, bodied, 100 lbs; think he died in JOIN
Buckminster's hands. Buckminstei
had dozen stations at one time, mostl,
Morgans. | think Priest Boardman cam,
= here in 1925.
Mr.. Harris Of Danville says: A hors,
called Post Boy stood here way back il
1882 he must have stood here in 1926.
: think John Buckminster had him; wa
not here great while; beautiful ba,
horse, Is hands, splendid figure; colt
not remarkable for endurance.
A. c. Palmer of Danville says; Dan;
did not own the Josiah Hoyt Horse to ad
= vertise him. There was horse her
called the kittredge Horse, owned by tn
Kittredges from 1920 to 1880; bay horse
= solidlv built, 100 lbs, built like Nor
gan; presume he was one; left excellen
y. stock. Post Boy came from New HamI
= shire. | think.
. A. Smith says: | owned a Young 81
4 Lawrence that | bought about nine mile
: west of Montreal. He was by Old ST
Lawrence; brown bay, good, solid horse
a very heavy name and tail, long-bodieC
l5-l. about 1000 lbs. he was trottel
i Moses Stevens of North Danvlle says
s II came here in 1873; was married i
1925. | married the Oldest daughter c
l. Mr.. Swazev. who raised the Dana-Swaze
= horse. Philip Swazey had a colt frol
the Ayres Horse, and the colt got tn
e Dana-Swazey Horse. The Ayres Hors
V was good-sized gray horse of til
e Quicksilver stock. Dana bought thi
o Swazey Horse and kept him two or thre
years. The Dana-Swazey Horse was Dor
: about the time | was married. Swaze
- kept him until he was five or six yeal
n old. Certain Dana bought him abou
1881 and took him West about 1885,"
think Mr.. Stevens, both father and sol
l. said that they knew the story was Ii
q that the Swazey horse came from mar
% brought while in foal from Maine.
l. w. j. Stanton, North Danville. said
d One of the first stations remember wa
!, the old Sherman; then the horse Gale
: the Giant, l6 or II hands high; bay.